ETAS 2013: Latency Identification is Paramount for Reduction

During two panels focusing on trading technology, held at the Canary Wharf Hilton, London, on November 19, speakers warned that in the race to come down to the lowest latency possible, the real challenge is to know which parts of the process are generating latency. Crucially, this must be done before embarking on costly investments to increase capabilities.

"As a bank, we need to know where our latency occurs and we need to be very transparent about it," said Tony Chau, lead architect in the CTO